Pratt & Whitney has announced it has awarded a contract to South Australian firm Levett Engineering to manufacture components for F135 engines for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. The new contract covers bearing housings, covers, and related mechanical system components and has a potential value of approximately $200 million over the
The RAAF is deploying a E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning & control aircraft to assist in MH370 search operations. From Wednesday the Wedgetail will take on the role of an airborne command post in the search area, replacing civilian aircraft that have been performing this role to date, head of the newly-established Joint Agency Coordination Centre Air
Three former RAN Sea King helicopter airframes have left storage at HMAS Albatross near Nowra for the last time. The machines, covered in spraylat environmental wrapping were carried through Nowra on the back of flat-bed trucks on their way to port Kembla for loading onto a ship for transport to the UK. There they will
Marand has celebrated the manufacture of the first Australian-made F-35 Lightning II vertical tail. The milestone is a significant one for Marand and BAE Systems, which subcontracted the work, marking the start of production of up to 722 ship-sets of vertical tails for the aircraft. Premier of Victoria Dr Denis Napthine and Senator Michael Ronaldson
BAE Systems Australia has signed a five year contract extension with the Boeing defence Australia to provide in-service support to the RAAF’s E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C fleet’s electronic warfare systems. Now running to mid-2019, the contract will provide engineering, maintenance and spares support work for 35 technicians and staff for the ALR-2001 electronic support measures (ESM)
The Qatar Emiri Air Force has announced it will buy US$23bn (A$24.8bn) of new weapons in a massive re-equipment program. Heading the list for the gulf state is two Airbus A330 MRTT tankers and three Boeing 737 AEW&C aircraft, as well as 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, plus 12 NH 90 transport and 10 NFH 90
